How much meat is in supermarket burgers? The truth might SHOCK you

YOU may be shocked to know that your supermarket burger may only contain 62 per cent meat – the other 38 per cent is packed with water, onion and flour.

The Sun Online decided to look into how much meat is really in our supermarket beef burgers as Lord Sugar challenges a new batch of candidates to make their own range of the burgers in tonight’s episode of the Apprentice.

We found these burgers to contain the least amount of meat

Food manufacturers must follow the rules set by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural affairs, which state that beef burgers must contain at least 62 per cent meat.

Unsurprisingly, we found that the supermarket own-brand basic ranges contain the least amount of meat.

The worst? Asda Smart Price Beef Burge which contain the basic requirement of just 62 per cent.

The rest of the burger is mostly made up of water, onions and wheat flour.

These supermarket beef burgers may contain less meat than you think

Tesco Everyday Value beef burgers are not much better as we reveal that they contain only 63 per cent.

This is similar to Sainsbury’s Basics value range that contains just 65 per cent meat.

But the Sun Online also found that, as you would expect, the more premium lines of supermarket beef burgers, the more meat there is in them.

Our investigation found that Greggs’s flagship roll contains only 22 per cent of meat according to the packaging and the bakery chain declined to comment about how much of its sausage bake is actually pork.